type I diabetes
n : severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized
by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite
and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and
insulin injections are required to control the disease
[syn: {insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus}, {IDDM}, {juvenile-onset
diabetes}, {juvenile diabetes}, {growth-onset diabetes},
{ketosis-prone diabetes}, {ketoacidosis-prone diabetes},
{autoimmune diabetes}]